Mr X
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD)Mr Y (a pseudonym given to protect Mr Y from reprisals) was arbitrarily arrested in Libya in 2013 and has been kept detained ever since.
Casework database
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Samira Ibrahim and Rasha Abdel-Rahmen
African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR)Samira Ibrahim and Rasha Abdel-Rahman were arrested for taking part in a mass protest during the Egyptian popular revolution in 2011. They were detained by Egyptian military officials, beaten, and subjected to electroshocks and forced genital examinations without explanation.
Clément Abaïfouta and 6, 999 Others v the Republic of Chad (Hissène Habré case)
African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR)THE CASE Hissène Habré, former president of Chad, presided over a reign of terror in Chad from 1982 to 1990, during which time widespread human rights violations were committed. On 22 of August 2012 Senegal and the African Union signed an agreement that provided for the establishment of the Extraordinary African Chambers…
Special mission immunity and General Hegazy case
REDRESS intervened in the case regarding Egyptian General Hegazy and the question of "special mission immunity".
Sudanese civilians in South Kordofan and Blue Nile v Sudan
African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR)The case relates to human rights violations arising from hostilities in South Kordofan state involving the Sudan Armed Forces and forces aligned with South Sudan’s army, the People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) in Southern Kordofan State/Nuba Mountains in 2011. THE STORY The hostilities were reportedly marked by large scale…
The Prosecutor v Jean-Pierre Bemba
International Criminal Court (ICC)News: On 8 June 2018 Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo was acquitted by the ICC Appeals Chamber. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo was the President and Commander-in-chief of the Mouvement de libération du Congo (Movement for the Liberation of Congo) (MLC). He was found guilty, on 21 March 2016, of two counts of crimes against humanity (murder and…